How can I get my iPhoto library off Time Caspule?

Hi everyone,
I have unfortunately place my iphoto library on my time capsule (being a novice, I thought I could use it as an external drive). Now, I wish to remove it. Transferring the iphoto library was easy (from and external drive via USB) and took about an hour or so (250GB size library). Reversing the process is taking forever: I have an external drive hooked up to the time capsule and the data from the iphoto library is trickling to the USB. At the current rate, it will take 18 days!
Can anyone suggest a better way? I am not an IT person, and yes, I see I have been using the Time Capsule as a network drive which is not it's intention, so please answer appropriately.
Thank you.

Don't do it over wireless from the computer..
Plug the computer into the TC by ethernet. Plug the hard disk into the computer USB. Then start the transfer again.. it should be about 20x faster.

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